55 on the fly

Gardner's Hole is a favorite fishing spot of Doug's.  We hiked in about 2 miles past the stand of pine trees that you see in the picture.  There is a small canyon just beyond that spot that Doug wanted to explore and fish.  This area is so awesome - as in big and beautiful!  When you stand up on the trail and look out it is just amazing.  And you don't hear any noise but the wind!  It was a great day and hard to say good-bye to this amazing place on earth.  But we will be back! This is where we started fishing.  We worked our way up into the canyon area along the winding river. Doug found these elk sheds right around the river. Can you even ask for a more wonderful place to spend the day? We fished for several hours and caught a ton of fish!  Many of them were small brook trout but they are still fun to catch.  The male brook trout are so colorful.  Here are some pictures of Doug and I catching one of the many...

Here are a few interesting pictures from our trip to Old Faithful today.  Enjoy! This is Mammoth Hot Springs.  Mineral deposits cause the different colors in the formations.  Liberty Cap is the rock on the left. This is one small part of the park that was burned in a huge fire in 1988.  The kind of trees that were burned are Lodge Pole Pines.  They have seeds in their pine cones that are only released when in a fire.  Notice all of the downed trees that were killed.  You can see the small pines that have grown from those seeds and are starting to replace the burned ones.   Nature is amazing!  There is your Cliff Claven little known fact for the day. Some geyser holes off in the distance.  You see many of these along with boiling pots down around Old Faithful. These are sand hill cranes and we spotted them in the field.  They are big birds! Coyote! Elk are usually hanging around in Mammoth Hot Springs area. ...